A delicious, juicy and sweet fruit - usually about 3-5 kg per piece. On most Philippine markets watermelons are abundant and in excellent quality.
How to select a watermelon on the market?
Hold a watermelon in one hand near your ears - slap gently with the other hand against the watermelon. If it sounds a little hollow - then the watermelon is ripe, sweet and ready. A little experience and comparison with several watermelons will show you exactly how it should sound for best and sweetest selection. Why it sounds a little hollow when ready ? When a watermelon is really ripe - the fruit starts to develop small air-filled hollow spaces inside! Hence the sound - while a half ripe fruits still is smaller and fully filled.
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